Sentences with phrase «pioneering research led»

In the mid-19th century, Sims's pioneering research led to a procedure able to cure vaginal fistulas.

Pioneering research led by Indiana University has identified genes from a number of plant species, including the entire mitochondrial genomes from three green algae and one moss, in the mitochondrial genome of Amborella trichopoda.

The pioneering research led by academics from the Sheffield Institute of Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), in collaboration with scientists from the University of York, supports the fast - tracking of the drug ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) for a clinical trial in Parkinson's patients.

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Lazaridis and Fregin collaborated to found the company formerly known as Research In Motion in 1984, which became Canada's leading high technology company through its pioneering efforts in smartphones.

A number of world - leading science and technology professionals, young scientists and engineers, and innovation teams should be trained, with major breakthroughs in pioneering basic research and original innovations as their goal, Xi said.

To help reduce that disease risk, a team led by pioneering genomics research J. Craig Venter...

Scientific American discusses artificial - intelligence research with pioneer Yann LeCun, who leads Facebook's efforts to build a smarter social media site. Go to www.ScientificAmerican.com/aug2016/internet - ai

Despite leading the world in pioneering anti-smoking laws, cancer screening and controlling high blood pressure, the US trails its richer «peer» countries in almost all other measures of health and longevity, says a US National Research Council report published last week.

To better determine the role of specific chemoattractants in type III hypersensitivity, lead author Yoshishige Miyabe, MD, PhD, a research fellow in Luster's lab, used multiphoton intravital microscopy — an imaging technology pioneered for studies of immune cell movements in living animals by CIID investigator and co-author Thorsten Mempel, MD, PhD — to follow in real time the development of IC - induced arthritis in a mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis.

Allison's brainchild — and the pioneering research that led to its birth — has brought him a renown that's rare among his peers.

Mark Birch - Machin, Professor of Molecular Dermatology at Newcastle University, led the pioneering study with Dr Amy Bowman from his research group.

Now a research team led by the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physician who pioneered the use of inhaled nitric oxide has developed a lightweight, portable system that produces NO from the air by means of an electrical spark.

Thanks to a new four - year $ 15.8 M grant from the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Columbia Engineering Professor Ken Shepard, a pioneer in the development of electronics that interface with biological systems, is leading a team to do just that: invent an implanted brain - interface device that could transform the lives of people with neurodegenerative diseases or people who are hearing and visually impaired.

Engineer Daniel Sperling, of the University of California, Davis, joins the roster of Blue Planet laureates for research on the impact of transportation on the environment and pioneering studies leading toward more efficient and environmentally friendly transportation systems.

Today is the birthday of Ines Mandl, a U.S. biochemist who conducted pioneering research on enzymes and elastic tissue that led to advances in the understanding of pulmonary emphysema.

Lead author Guilherme Tosi, a Research Fellow at CQC2T, developed the pioneering concept along with Morello and co-authors Fahd Mohiyaddin, Vivien Schmitt and Stefanie Tenberg of CQC2T, with collaborators Rajib Rahman and Gerhard Klimeck of Purdue University in the USA.

«This research is pioneering work in applying computer graphics techniques to real physical objects with dynamic behavior and contact,» says lead author Desai Chen, a PhD candidate at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).

Caribou is a leading company in CRISPR genome engineering founded by pioneers of CRISPR - Cas9 biology based on research carried out in the Doudna Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley.

It was originally proposed by a research group led by Chushiro Hayashi at Kyoto University who played a pioneering role in the field of Japanese astrophysics, and has been developed over time.

Among the 54 Members featured in the book are a biologist and Nobel Laureate who helped decode DNA; an epidemiologist recognised for groundbreaking research on HIV prevention in women; a social scientist who nudged and cajoled into place the campaign to understand and contain HIV / AIDS in South Africa; a leading mathematics education proponent; a human geneticist whose work helped to clarify the origins of indigenous groups in Africa; one of the world's leading theorists in cosmology; and a leading immunologist and physician who pioneered higher education transformation in South Africa, in sometimes controversial ways.

Referring to Professor Bradley as «one of the pioneers of plastic electronics», Professor Cheah Kok Wai, Head and Chair Professor of the Department of Physics at HKBU, said «the invention of conjugated polymer LEDs launched the field of plastic electronics research and if one looks back along its subsequent path, one can see the many significant contributions to the science and application of molecular electronic materials and devices that Professor Bradley has made, leading to him becoming one of the most highly cited materials researchers in the world».

While still a distant prospect, it is the primary reason axolotl research is a focus of Morgridge regenerative biology, led by stem cell pioneer James Thomson.

Research Diets, Inc has pioneered the formulation and production of diets leading to obesity in laboratory animals.

Óscar Fernandez - Capetillo, professor of cancer therapy at Karolinska Institutet since 2015 and a SciLifeLab faculty member, has been awarded the Erik K Fernström prize for his pioneering research on how DNA damage can lead to cancer and ageing.

Aidan pioneered the EU Joint Research Centre's Annual EU Science Lecture and a series of well - received, high - level Consultation Events involving the US, British, and German governments, amongst other reputable science - led groups.

One of the early pioneers of angiogenesis research, Dr. Konerding leads a group focusing on angiogenesis in inflammation, wound healing, and tumor growth, as well as on clinical anatomy.

Brian Sales, distinguished research scientist and lead of the Correlated Electron Materials Group in the Materials Science and Technology Division, was nominated by the AAAS section on physics for «pioneering research for clean energy technologies, including thermoelectric and superconducting materials, and materials for nuclear waste storage.»

We are pioneering this data fusion approach so that we can observe large areas of Earth's oceans, allowing us to quickly and easily identify those areas most at risk from increasing acidification,» says Jamie Shutler from the University of Exeter, who is leading the research.

Carl June, MD, is one of the pioneers of immunotherapy research, and he leads the team responsible for the historic CAR - T cell therapy FDA approval.

Pioneering research at Penn Medicine has led to a first - of - its - kind therapy to treat a genetic disease.

CRI Scientific Advisory Council director Lloyd J. Old, M.D., a pioneer responsible for many seminal discoveries in the field, is a senior expert in tumor immunology who for the past four decades has guided the scientific vision for CRI and who currently leads the Institute's global cancer vaccine research programs.

Pioneering multidisciplinary research has revealed a new lead for developing collective intelligence in human groups and quantifying the impact of social information on our everyday decisions.

Howden completed much of the research in the Morgridge Regenerative Biology Laboratory, led by stem cell pioneer James Thomson.

The research builds on the NPL's pioneering developments in bioengineering and imaging and world - leading haptics technologies from UCL and MIT.

For nearly 40 years, Dr. Dean Ornish has been a pioneer in the field of lifestyle medicine, demonstrating through clinical research how diet in conjunction with lifestyle changes that promote exercise and reduce stress may help reverse some of the leading causes of death in the U.S. such as coronary heart disease and perhaps even some cases, cancer.

I was mesmerized to hear Angela recollect her face to face with Dr. Gale «Morrie» Granger, the key research pioneer in the field of autoimmune research who helped discover the TNF molecule in cells which led to the major biologic anti-TNF medication breakthroughs that it seems many autoimmunes are using.

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Shakespeare's Globe will work with leading disability organisations and suppliers to research, develop and pioneer the use of digital technologies in a cultural setting as well as to train staff in best practice.

The research findings reinforced the pro-charter campaign led by a local think tank, the Pioneer Institute.

Rose approached his mentor, Professor Kurt Fischer, one of the leading pioneers in the science of the individual and the brain, to talk about this dilemma — the reality of individual kids and what the research says — and why we think this way.

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Davis was also an Education Pioneers fellow at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Education, where she conducted research that led the Secretary to endorse the Common Core Standards.

Alex Quigley (English teacher and research lead at Huntington School) is one of the pioneers in this area, and his double - act with Jonathan Sharples (Education Endowment Foundation) brilliantly exemplified the ways teacher and researcher expertise can complement one another.

DentaShield ® was developed at the Indiana University School of Dentistry by a team of researchers led by Dr. George Stookey, a pioneer in fluoride research and preventative dentistry for both animals and humans.

From industry - leading clinical research to unprecedented quality assurance measures rooted in human medicine, PetCure's pioneering innovations have led to a quality of treatment and delivery that is unrivaled in veterinary oncology.

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Celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year, CCS Bard pioneered graduate education programs for curators and has evolved into one of the world's leading centers for contemporary art research.

He has over a decade of mindfulness training and practice with a teaching credential from UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center at The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, has led multiple Mindfulness groups, lectures, and presentations, and is a facilitator for mindfulness pioneer Shinzen Young.

St. Jude's: a leading children's hospital pioneering research and treatments for kids with cancer and other life - threatening diseases.

An essay that presents new research on the sculptor's encounters with London, written by leading Rosso scholar Sharon Hecker, will be included in the exhibition catalogue, along with the conversation between Cragg and Peyton - Jones focusing on the unique qualities of this pioneering artist.